Chapter 11: People still trying to fix dates in this era!
When the issue of going out on the date was mentioned, it did not excite him but he still acted accordingly. "Since Miss Wan has invited me, then I can only follow." As he spoke he decided to lock the house door first. Then he seemed to have taken his phone too, but he had no plans of changing from his comfortable sportswear.
"Let's go!" Looking at Cheng Shan that seemed to be still wearing some white shorts and a loose, long sleeve t-shirt Wan Mei seemed to be angry but she held it in. It seemed that she had more than just the reason she provided for her to approach him. This was all within his observation and she might think she hid it well but how could that be hidden from him?
His spirit had increased slightly above that of ordinary people and thus he could notice even some subtle things. He was indeed correct, as Wan Mei seemed to be very upset at the moment, and more than just that, there was no such thing as a coincidence at all. She was called back by her parents to come to the village for a reason.
"I hope you have the capital to treat me like this, otherwise this would be such a big waste of my time and dignity." She was indeed here with her own agendas and some were fueled by her parents as such it is understandable for her to be feeling wronged.
She was approaching her thirties and in the city, she had not met a good match thus her parents assumed that since Cheng Shen was from the same village as her, it would be okay for her to go out with him and see if the two could make it work. The other thing was that he had no other person in the family as such this would make things much easier as the resources would not be spent trying to take care of his old relatives, and they could benefit from it.
From her point of view, this was indeed a good deal, but she wanted to find out more about him, specifically what he did for a living and the same time his future plans. But she did not know that he had resigned and did not seem to have plans of working in the future in the big city at all.
When the two walked to the market region, they located a coffee shop and entered, sitting opposite each other. This time it was awkward, because even Cheng Shan himself had no interest in her or the date, while she was here to find out about his financial situation and she could not just ask him out straight. It was going to come out wrong in such a situation and thus she had to develop slowly towards it, but in the end, the two did not seem to have talked before making this situation even more awkward.
She still was not that dense and managed to salvage the situation, "So! How long do you plan to stay in the village?" She asked him, this and it seemed to have brought his mind back. He had not thought about this before and thus he just shook his head.
"I have not thought about it yet! Probably going to stay in this place." this was his response but it seemed to make her frown. She was not willing to spend the rest of her life in the countryside. She has already tested the benefits of a huge city and that was already something she would not compromise on.
"Are you not going back to work!" She asked again.
"I resigned! I can do what I want now!" When he said this, she seemed to have also lost interest in this date. It was just a waste of her time because this was not what she wanted. More than just that, he seemed to be someone that did not seem to have future prospects. More than that, staying in this place regardless of how good one lived it was lacking.
She seemed to also stop asking questions and after a few minutes of awkwardness, she finally spoke again. "It seems that the two of us really have different paths." With this sentence, she walked out of the place and left without even looking back and Cheng Shan admired her for this. Not many people know that they want and do not compromise with some illusions that things would one day go their way. She met that criterion.
If he had a daughter he would also not advise her to chase after the current him, because in the eyes of everyone what he was doing was no different from giving up on himself, but only he know that things were not that way. In the same way, he had no interest in offering explanations about this situation at all.
When Wan Mei left only Cheng Shan was left and since it was in the afternoon, he did not rush back, but sat there sipping tea peacefully and looking through his phone. It turns out that in other regions, martial arts gyms existed, but the descriptions seemed to make him lose interest. Most of them seemed to exist for various reasons and it seemed that the fixed matches usually occur and those that participate also gain some substantial amounts.
After scrolling down he found out some information about them and those that he could enter seemed to be focused on some health training or something. Even he could guess already that it was not a place he could learn something of significance. He however saw some Taichi centers that seemed to train some self-defense and he had some thoughts about visiting to see for himself.
What he needed at the moment was means to unleash what he had learned but he was unsure whether he could get anything interesting at the end of the day.
The cost of practicing in these places also seemed substantial, he had to locate those places where the price would be affordable. Since the places were on the internet, it also meant that other places not listed also existed, and once he dealt with his issues he should consider searching for them. It would save him a lot of money and at the same time he thought ot the individuals on that website with Five Animal Boxing, he might gain some useful information by communicating with them.
He was already aware that this money was not endless, but once he managed to let the fish evolve and capable of moving in the sea, he did not doubt that he could gather some good things from under the water. He was after all not going to take unnecessary risks by moving anywhere near the surface of the water.
When he walked out of the coffee shop, he already had plans in mind and the next step was to obtain the next evolutionary direction.
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